The Railway Revolution
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- Author(s) Casson, Mark (ed)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1998
- Pages 8 vols
- Publisher Routledge
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Comprises eight reprinted historical texts largely dealing with the economics of railway operation, viz: H G Lewin 'Early British Railways. A short history of their origins and development, 1801-44', 1925; J S Jeans, 'Railway Problems. An inquiry into the economic conditions of railway working in different countries', 1887; E C Stephens, 'English Railways. Their development and relation to the state', 1915; W M Ackworth, 'Elements of Railway Economics', 1924; J M Clark, 'Studies in the Economics of Overhead Costs', 1923; S C Williams, 'Economics of Railway Transport', 1910; E A Pratt, 'Rise of Rail Power in War and Conquest', 1915; K G Fenelon, 'Transport Co-ordination. A study of present day transport problems', 1929